Entities That May Be Conducting Banking
Operations in the United States Without Authorization

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has advised us that the following entity may be conducting banking business in the United States without authorization. The OCC has not granted a national charter to this entity, and the New York State Banking Department has advised that the entity has not been granted permission to operate in New York. Proposed transactions involving this entity should be viewed with extreme caution.